National Assessment of Educational Progress

In the sec­ond data release from the Nation­al Assess­ment of Edu­ca­tion­al Progress (NAEP) since the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic began, 2024 find­ings indi­cate a con­tin­ued decline in fourth grade read­ing skills, with a con­cern­ing 70% of stu­dents scor­ing below pro­fi­cient. This fig­ure is up from 68% in 2022 and 66% before the pan­dem­ic in 2019. This is … Read More